Metropolitan Matthew (in the world George Muroki ; born in 1970 , Kenya ) - Bishop of the Greek Old Church True Orthodox Church (Synod of Kirik); Metropolitan of Nairobi and all of Kenya (since 2008).
| Metropolitan Matthew | ||
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| Metropolitan matthew | ||
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| since May 10, 2008 | ||
| Church | CPI of Greece (Synod of Cyric) | |
| Predecessor | position established | |
| Birth name | George Muroki | |
| Birth | 1970 Kenya | |
| Monasticism | 1988 year | |
| Episcopal consecration | May 10, 2008 | |
Name Day - November 29 ( Apostle Matthew [1] )
Biography
In 1988, he was tonsured a monk with the name of Matthew . As a hieromonk, he was ordained by the Archbishop of Athens, Andrei (Anestis) , after which he served in the Metropolitan of China under the leadership of Metropolitan Epiphanius of China. He served as the rector of the parish of the Protection of the Holy Virgin in the village of Kiambaa, in the province of Nairobi , in Kenya [2] .
On Saturday , April 27 (May 10), 2008, in the church in honor of St. Xenia in Limassol , Cyprus, Metropolitan Mesogean and Lavreotikian Kirik (Kondoyannis) and Primate of the Roman Catholic Church Metropolitan Grantius Gerontius ( Ungureyanu ) , he was consecrated Metropolitan Bishop and Nairobi and all Kenya for the newly formed True Orthodox Church of Kenya [3] .
Fluent in English and Greek .